Records of the field offices for the State of Kentucky, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872 [microform] (2003)
Author: United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands
Volume: Reel 0123 - Records of the field offices for the State of Kentucky, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872Records of the field offices for the State of Kentucky, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872 - Freedmen’s Contracts The single volume of Freedmen’s contracts, January 1866–July 1867 (150), is arranged chronologically. Volume (150) Jan. 1866–July 1867 Indentures (cont.) The single volume of indentures, January 1866–November 1867 and April–August 1866 (149), is arranged chronologically. The volume also contains special orders received, April–August 1866, that are arranged chronologically. Volume (149) Jan. 1866–Nov. 1867 and Apr.–Aug. 1866 Register of Applications Forwarded for Bounty Claims The single volume of applications forwarded for bounty claims, May 1866–June 1868 (147), is arranged chronologically and numbered. Volume (147) May 1866–June 1868 Register of Claimants for Bounties The single-volume register of claimants for bounties, August–December 1868 (148), is arranged chronologically. Volume (148) Aug.–Dec. 1868 Station Book of Officers in the Louisville Subdistrict The single-volume station book of officers in the Louisville subdistrict is undated and not arranged. The volume has a name index. Volume (146) No date Miscellaneous Records Unbound miscellaneous records cover the period October 1865–October 1868 and are arranged by record type. The records include money receipts (June 1866–September 1868); affidavits and declarations (January 1866); bonds relating to freedmen (October 1865–May 1866); a promissory note (October 1868); a table of unfortunates among freedmen (September 1867); and reports of outrages and murders (December 1865–October 1866). Also included is a memorandum of condition of affairs in Lexington and central subdistricts of Kentucky (May 1866); a list of persons discharged from freedmen and refugee hospitals (July 1868); an opinion of the Board relating to clothing deficiencies in the return of the assistant surgeon (February 1867); and a list of persons refusing to pay taxes for the hospital (April 1866). Oct. 1865–Oct. 1868 MAYSVILLE (SUPERINTENDENT AND SUBASSISTANT COMMISSIONER, MASON COUNTY) Letters Sent The two volumes of letters sent, May 1866–July 1868, 1 (157) and 2 (158), are arranged chronologically. Following the letters in volume 1 (157) are circulars and special orders (January 1867–May 1868) that are arranged chronologically. Volume 1 (157) May–Dec. 1866 Volume 2 (158) Jan. 1867–July 1868 Registers of Letters Received (cont.) The three volumes of registers of letters received, 1 (154), 2 (155), and 3 (156), cover the period July 1866–July 1868. The volumes also include endorsements sent. Volumes 1 (154) and 2 (155) are arranged chronologically by date received. Volume 3 (156) is arranged in chronological order by the date received and numbered. The volumes have overlapping dates. Volume 2 (155) also contains a register of bounty claims, August–September (no year), that is arranged by the month the claim was forwarded. The volume also contains a register of “widows claims,” November 1866, that are arranged by the date the claim was forwarded. Volume 1 (154) July 1866–May 1867 Volume 2 (155) May–Dec. 1867 Volume 3 (156) Jan. 1867–July 1868
Subject: United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands; Freedmen; African Americans; African Americans; Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
Publisher: Washington, DC : U.S. Congress and National Archives and Records Administration
Language: english-handwritten
Call number: 2055071.1
Digitizing sponsor: Internet Archive
Book contributor: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
Collection: refugeesfreedmenabandonedlands; allen_county; microfilm; americana; genealogy; additional_collections
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reel 1. List Book Records of Officers, State of Kentucky -- reels 1-47. Office of the Assistant Commissioner: name indexes to letters sent, correspondence, name index and registry of letters received -- reel 48. Issuances (orders) -- reels 48-61. Reports: Narrative report of bureau operations (1868), Inspection report (reel 48) ; Narrative and school reports (reels 49-50) ; Teachers? school reports (reels 51-58) ; Reports of operations (reels 59-60) ; Monthly reports of land transactions, rations/clothing/medicine issued, and changes in personnel -- reels 62-68. Rosters of officers and civilians on duty, teachers, and labor contracts --
Offices of Staff Officers. reels 68-77. Disbursing Officer: Correspondence (reels 68-75) ; register of claimants (reels 76-77), receipts of claimants (reel 77) -- reels 78-87. Chief Medical Officer: Correspondence (reels 78-80) ; Reports of sick and wounded (reels 81-86) ; Monthly returns of medical officers and attendants (reel 87) --
Subordinate Field Offices. reel 87. Augusta (Superintendent, Bracken County) -- reels 87-91. Bowling Green (Chief Subassistant Commissioner) -- reels 91-92. Bowling Green (Superintendent And Subassistant Commissioner) -- reel 92. Brandenburg -- reels 92-93. Burksville -- reel 93. Columbus, Covington -- reel 94. Cynthiana -- reels 94-96. Danville -- reel 96. Falmouth, Georgetown, Greensburg -- reels 96-97. Henderson -- reel 97. Hodginsville, Lebanon (Subassistant Commissioner) -- reel 98. Lebanon (Disbursing Officer) -- reels 98-111. Lexington (Chief Superintendent and Chief Subassistant Commissioner) -- reel 112. Lexington (Superintendent and Subassistant Commissioner) -- reels 113-123. Louisville -- reels 123-125. Maysville -- reels 125-126. Mt. Sterling -- reels 126-128. Owensboro -- reels 128-132. Paducah (Chief Superintendent and Chief Subassistant Commissioner) -- reel 132. Paducah (Superintendent, Chief Agent, and Subassistant Commissioner, McCracken County) -- reel 133. Paris, Russellville, Smithland, Stanford, Versailles, Winchester
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